Aquarelle und Zeichnungen von Carsten Wieland

Preparing for a workshop

I was asked to write another watercolor-workshop for ´Aquarellieren heute´, a German e-zine about watercolors. They asked me to show the process of a winter motive. This is a great honor to me and I started to work on this project yesterday. Painting a workshop demo that is not live is always a little bit crampy for me, because I have to paint in steps that are understandable for every reader. Normally I paint freely and try to forget about rules when I paint but for a workshop we need a little bit more structure. On the other hand it is good to remember some of the rules from time to time and to work a little bit more organized. So I decided to start with two sketches to organize my painting: a value sketch and a color sketch to get an idea about the colors I will use for the painting.